Car-fender.



Patented Nov. 2l,,l899.

H. BICK.

CAR FENDER.

(Application filed Sept. 9, 1899.)

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No. 637,443. Patented Nov. 2|, I899. H. BICK.

CAR FENDER.

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HARRY BIOK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CAR-FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 637,443, dated November 21, 1899. Application filed September 9,1829- Serial No. 729,912. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARRY BIOK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York city, county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Oar-Fenders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a car-fender which is so constructed that it will bodily throw the object struck upon the net of the fender by means of a pair of horizontally-swinging spring-actuated wings, which are liberated as soon as an obstruction is encountered. Thus the person or other object struck is guided instantaneously to the net and out of harms way, so that danger by running over is avoided.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my improved car-fender with the net removed; Fig. 2, a vertical section on line 2 2, Fig. 3; and Fig. 3 a plan.

The letter arepresents the car-platform, to which is rigidly secured a horizontal forwardly-projecting frame I). This frame supports at each side the front posts of upright frames 0, the rear posts of which are supported by the platform a. The forward posts of frame 0 are provided with fulcrums 0, upon which turn pads or wings d, which are adapted to be swung inward or toward each other by springs d. A rearwardly-projecting finger d on each pad 01 is normally engaged by a stop 8', projecting upwardly from a buffer e, hereinafter described, and which has a tendency to hold the wings in their forward or open position.

The buffere is made in the shape of a square frame pivoted to the outer side of lugs 19, that depend from frame 1). The pivots e that connect the frame?) with the bufier 6 pass through elongated slots 6 of the latter, so that the buffer has a slight longitudinal motion toward and away from platform a. Springs 2 tend to throw the forward end of the buffers upward, which end is, however, normally held downward by the engagement of the buffer with the guardf, pivoted atf to the inner sides of the lugs 12. This guard is narrower than the buffer 6 and is free to oscillate within the latter. Springs f tend to throw the forward end of the guard f down upon the rails, which tendency in the normal position of the parts is counteracted by the bufier e,

the rear bar e of which overlaps the rear bar f of the guard, so that thus bufier and guard are interlocked.

A not g, secured to the frame 0, Fig. 1,- catches the person or other object thrown upon the fender. This net may be. replaced by slats or similar devices g. (Indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3.)

The operation is as follows: Normally the buffer 6 is in its foremost position with its rearmost bar e overlapping rearmost bar f of guard f. Thus the springs e f are compressed and the forward end of the buffer e is in its lowermost position, while the forward end of the guard f is in its uppermost position. At the same time the stops e engage the rear ends of the fingers d, and thus hold the pads (Z open, Fig. 1. If an obstruction is encountered by the bufier e, such buffer is moved slightly backward, owing to the engagement of pivots c with the elongated slots e This backward movement will slide the bar e off bar f and thus liberate the buffer e as well as the guard f. The guard f will thus by the springs f be thrown with its forward end down upon the rails to prevent the object struck from being drawn in underneath the fender. At the same time the buffer e will by the springs e be thrown with its forward end up to engage the legs of the person struck and throw him toward the net. The upward movement of buffer 6 will tilt the upper ends of the stops a backward to disengage the fingers d and cause the springs d to swing the wings d inward. These wings will thus catch the body of the person struck and throw him bodily into the net. Thus it will be seen that by my improved fender the person is safely landed in the net and danger by running over is avoided.

What I claim is- 1. A car-fender provided with a pair of horizontally-swinging spring-actuated wings, a spring-actuated pivoted bufier havinga limited longitudinal movement, means for locking the buffer when in its forward position, and stops on the buifer that are adapted to engage the wings, substantially as specified.

2. A car-fender provided with a spring-actuated upwardly-swinging buffer having a limited longitudinal movement, and a downwardly-swingin g spring-actuated guard which is interlocked with the buffer when the latter is in its forward position, substantially as specified.

3. A car-fender provided with a pair of horizontally-swinging wings, an upwardly-swinging spring-actuated buffer having a limited longitudinal movement, stops on the buffer which are adapted to engage the wings, and a downwardly-swinging spring-actuated guard which is interlocked with the buffer when the 10 latter is in its forward position, substantially as specified.

HARRY BICK. Witnesses;

F v. BRIESEN, WILLIAM ScHULz. 

